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Intertitle - 'Gravesend' (Kent) - Various shots of Norwegian cargo boat 'Belpareil' stuck in the mud, it has nearly keeled over. Various shots of tugs dashing to the rescue.

Intertitle - 'National horse show in New York (America, USA) - Aerial L/S of parade of horses around the edge of the arena with the band in the middle. Various shots of show jumping competition. Various shots as they take the jumps in pairs. M/S of Royal Canadian Mounted Police riding. Aerial views as they ride from each side and cross each other in the middle. M/S as they run around in formation.

Intertitle - 'Aberdeen' (Scotland) - Various shots of students at Aberdeen university marching along under different banners ready for the Rectorial elections. Various shots as they throw flour bombs and start fighting. M/S as they pull one Standard down and destroy it. M/S of a boy whose sleeve has been torn off.

Intertitle - 'Czechoslovakia' - L/S of a house covered with snow. M/S of military engineers walking uphill on skis. Various shots as they work to repair the telephone lines then test them. They ski away afterwards.

Intertitle - 'Upper Darby, Pennsylvania' (America, USA) - M/S of chorus girls dressed as American police women. They wear short jackets only, no skirts and march down the steps of the police station. M/S as one directs traffic and causes havoc. She writes details down as two men argue. All the girls get in a police car. M/S as a man is marched up to the police desk by two women. M/S as he sits in a chair and the girls all start hitting him. Various shots of the girls outside causing chaos and traffic jams.

Note: The items 'Boat Drill Aboard the German Liner Scharnhorst' and 'Shipping Strike in U.S.' are missing from this edition.

A turbine driven train, the Admiral's new barge, Pearly Kings and Queens, mechanised pub darts, a fire in Docklands, Italian cavalry and tank manoeuvres, a children's Grand Prix, the crowing of the queen of Galloway and the annual pilgrimage to St. Brigid.

International news stories in brief - Foundation stone laying with Masonic ritual, King of Italy's birthday celebrated, Seaham Harbour election, international horse show in New York, hurricane in Florida, floods in France.

International news stories in brief - Oxford and Cambridge at Twickenham, Fat Stock Show at Thame, German locomotives old and new, Duke of York at Coventry, Surrey air liner crashes, President Roosevelt carves a Turkey.

News in brief from around the World. (CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANDOWN PARK, TORPIDS AT OXFORD, ETON COLLEGE STEEPLECHASE, WATERLOO CUP, QUEENSWOOD GIRLS' SCHOOL FIRE, WAR ACTIVITIES IN ITALY, DIVERS IN LONDON DOCKS, POLISH GIANT IN LONDON, OXFORD UNIVERSITY POINT TO POINT, STAKHANOV - RUSSIAN COAL MINER )

News in a Nutshell - hurricane damage in America, Amateur Open Golf Championship, train crash in Lourdes, pilots in Portsmouth, Sarah Churchill in New York, and Princess Mary opening Girls' Grammar School in Bradford.

News in brief from around the World. (BISHOP OF BARKING DEDICATES NEW CHAPEL AT DR. BARNARDOS NAUTICAL SCHOOL, CAPTAIN PEEL'S DAUGHTER MARRIED AT EASTLEIGH, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY AT MERTON ABBEY, OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE TRIAL EIGHTS AT HENLEY AND ELY, SAFETY GOT CYCLISTS CAMPAIGN IN BERLIN, LAUNCH OF ITALIAN SUBMARINES, MAKING CHRISTMAS PUDDING ON THE TRAINING SHIP WARSPITE, NEWS FROM SPAIN - VALENCIA AND BARCELONA)

10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.